LOCATION BICKETT IDEstablished Series
The Bickett series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils
that formed in material derived from herbaceous plants over alluvium.
Permeability is moderately slow. These soils are on flood plains and
have slopes of 0 to 2 percent. Average annual precipitation is about
14 inches and the average annual temperature is about 42 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Histic Humaquepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Bickett mucky peat on a nearly level flood plain at an
elevation of 4,820 feet in pastureland. Soil was wet throughout when
described on July 11, 1982. (Colors are for moist soil unless
otherwise noted.)
Oek1--0 to 3 inches; black (10YR 2/1) mucky peat, dark gray (10YR
4/1) dry; about 50 percent fibers, about 25 percent fibers after
rubbing; many very fine, fine, medium and coarse roots; many very fine
and fine interstitial pores; slight effervescence (5 percent calcium
carbonate); neutral (pH 7.2); clear smooth boundary. (1 to 5 inches
thick)
Oek2--3 to 6 inches; black (N 2/0) mucky peat (N 2/0) dry; about 50
percent fibers, about 20 percent after rubbing; many very fine, fine,
medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine interstitial pores;
slight effervescence (5 percent calcium carbonate); mildly alkaline (pH
7.4); clear wavy boundary. (2 to 7 inches thick)
Oak--6 to 11 inches; black (10YR 2/1) muck, gray (10YR5/1) dry;
about 40 percent fibers, about 10 percent after rubbing; many very
fine, fine, medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine
interstitial pores; slight effervescence (5 percent calcium carbonate);
mildly alkaline (pH 7.6); clear smooth boundary. (3 to 6 inches thick)
2Bkgl--11 to 24 inches; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay
loam, light gray (2.5Y 7/1) dry; massive; very hard, very firm, very
sticky and very plastic; common very fine, fine and medium roots; few
very fine and fine tubular pores; strong effervescence (15 percent
calcium carbonate); mildly alkaline (pH 7.8); gradual wavy boundary.
(3 to 17 inches thick)
2Bkg2--24 to 40 inches; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay
loam, light gray (2.5Y 7/1) dry; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky
and very plastic; common very fine and fine roots; few very fine and
fine tubular pores; strong effervescence (15 percent calcium
carbonate); 5 percent pebbles; mildly alkaline (pH 7.4); clear wavy
boundary. (13 to 17 inches thick)
3Cg--40 to 61 inches; dark gray (5Y 4/1) loam, gray (5Y 6/1) dry;
massive; hard, firm, sticky and plastic; few very fine and fine roots;
few very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent pebbles; neutral (pH
7.0).
TYPE LOCATION: Blaine County, Idaho, about 3 miles south of Gannett;
500 feet east and 200 feet north of the southwest corner of section 23,
T. 1 S., R. 19 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Organic layers - 8 to 16 inches thick
Depth to water table - 6 inches above to 6 inches below the surface
Average annual soil temperature - 42 to 47 degrees F
O horizon
Hue- 10YR or neutral
Value- 2 through 5 dry
Calcium carbonate equivalent - 5 to 25 percent
Reaction - neutral to mildly alkaline
2Bkg horizon
Hue of 2.5Y or 5Y
Value of 6 or 7 dry and 4 through 6 moist
Textures - SIL or SICL
Calcium carbonate equivalent - 10 to 30 percent
Reaction - mildly to moderately alkaline
3Cg horizon
Hue- 2.5Y or 5Y
Value of 5 through 7 dry and 2 through 6 moist
Textures - CL, L, FSL, and GR-FSL
Calcium carbonate equivalent - 0 to 5 percent
Rock fragments range - 5 to 30 percent
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series in this family, a
similar soil is the DeVoignes series. DeVoignes soils are
noncalcareous in some part of the family control section, are poorly
drained, and have strata of organic material in the 10 to 40 inch
layer.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Bickett soils are on flood plains. Slopes range
from 0 to 2 percent. Elevation ranges from 4,700 to 5,000 feet. The
soil formed in alluvium and material derived from herbaceous plants.
The annual precipitation is 12 to 16 inches, most of which falls as
snow and early spring rain. The annual air temperature is about 40 to
44 degrees F. The frost free season is 60 to 90 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Adamson, Balaam,
Bruneel, Hapur, and Picabo soils. All these soils lack a histic
epipedon. Adamson soils are coarse loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal
in the control section and are on low fan terraces. Balaam soils are
sandy skeletal in the control section and are on low fan terraces.
Bruneel soils are coarse loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal in the
control section and are on flood plains. Hapur soils are fine loamy in
the control section and are on flood plains. Picabo soils are coarse
silty in the control section and are on alluvial terraces.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Very poorly drained; runoff is very slow or
ponded; permeability is moderately slow. These soils are continually
flooded from September to May.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for wildlife habitat. Some areas are
used for pasture during nonflooded periods. Vegetation is Nebraska
sedge, redtop, rushes, and cattails.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: South central Idaho. The series is
inextensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Portland, Oregon
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Blaine County, Idaho, 1985.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this series
are:
Histic epipedon - from the soil surface to approximately 11 inches
(Oek1, Oek2, and Oak)
National Cooperative Soil Survey